EP0913297A2 - Porte-bagages pour véhicules - Google Patents

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EP0913297A2
EP0913297A2 EP98308855A EP98308855A EP0913297A2 EP 0913297 A2 EP0913297 A2 EP 0913297A2 EP 98308855 A EP98308855 A EP 98308855A EP 98308855 A EP98308855 A EP 98308855A EP 0913297 A2 EP0913297 A2 EP 0913297A2
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camming
slats
housing
camming member
locking member
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Donald R. Potter
Artur K. Rak
Brian E. Henderson
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JAC Products Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/04—Carriers associated with vehicle roof
    • B60R9/058—Carriers associated with vehicle roof characterised by releasable attaching means between carrier and roof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/04—Carriers associated with vehicle roof
    • B60R9/045—Carriers being adjustable or transformable, e.g. expansible, collapsible

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  • This invention relates to a vehicle article carrier, and more particularly to a vehicle article carrier having a pair of b-acket member which each incorporate a rotatable actuating member and an internally disposed camming member for causing the bracket members to be locked and unlocked relative to a pair of slats disposed on an outer body surface of the vehicle through operation of a rotational actuating member.
  • Vehicle article carriers are used in a wide variety of applications to secure articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle.
  • Such vehicle article carriers often incorporate a pair of bracket members secured to opposite ends of a cross bar.
  • the bracket members are typically mounted on a pair of slats.
  • the bracket members may be releasably engageable with the slats to permit the cross bar and the pair of bracket members to be repositioned along the slats as may be needed.
  • a locking mechanism for a bracket member of a vehicle article carrier which is easy for an operator to place in locked and unlocked positions relative to the slats which support the bracket members. Furthermore, there is a need for a vehicle article carrier which is comprised of a limited number of component parts, and which is further easy to assemble and which allows a user to quickly and easily loosen the bracket members relative to their respective slats to permit a cross bar to be quickly and easily repositioned as needed.
  • the vehicle article carrier of the present invention includes a pair of slats which are adapted to be secured to an cuter body surface of the vehicle.
  • a pair of bracket members are slidably disposed on the slats.
  • a cross bar is coupled at its two outer ends to the bracket members such that the cross bar is supported above the outer body surface of the vehicle by the bracket members.
  • each bracket member includes a camming member and a locking member operably associated with the camming member.
  • An actuating member is also operably associated with the camming member such that rotational movement of the actuating member causes the camming member to be moved within the housing.
  • the camming member moves in a manner to urge the locking member into locking engagement with an associated one of the slats which the bracket member is disposed upon. In the locked position the bracket member cannot move relative to the slat.
  • the camming member moves such that it causes the locking member to be moved out of locking engagement with its associated slat.
  • the bracket member can then be moved slidably along its slat and repositioned as needed.
  • the camming member comprises a block of material having a threaded bore extending at least partially therethrough.
  • the actuating member comprises an elongated, threaded shaft which Is threadably engaged within the threaded bore. Accordingly, rotational movement of the actuating member causes the camming member to move within the housing.
  • the preferred embodiments of the present invention thus enable a bracket member to be constructed having relatively few independent component parts. This reduces the manufacturing cost of the bracket member as well as simplifying its assembly. Since the camming member and a major portion of the locking member are disposed within the housing, they are not susceptible to the elements which could affect other forms of locking mechanisms which are exposed to ice, rain, etc. The actuating member further enables the user to quickly and easily place the bracket member in locked and unlocked positions with a minimal degree of manual effort.
  • a vehicle article carrier 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention mounted on an outer body surface 12 of the vehicle 14.
  • the vehicle article carrier 10 includes a pair of elongated slats 16 which are fixedly secured to the outer body surface 12, bracket members 18 and cross bars 20 and 22. It will be appreciated immediately, however, that while both of cross bars 20 and 22 are adjustably positionable along the slats 16, that one or the other of the cross bars 20 22 could just as easily be fixedly secured to the slats 16 so as to be immovable. In some applications this may be the preferred arrangement.
  • the vehicle article carrier 10 may optionally include a plurality of intermediate slats 24 fixedly secured to the outer body surface 12 to further help insure that articles placed on the cross bars 20 and 22 do not contact the outer body surface 12.
  • Each of the cross bars 20 and 22 are slidably movable along the slats when its associated bracket members 18 are both in unlocked positions, as will be described in greater detail momentarily.
  • each bracket member 18 can be seen to include a housing 26 comprising a main housing portion 28 and an inner housing portion 30.
  • the housing portions 26 and 30 permit a cavity 32 to be formed within the housing 26.
  • the two housing portions 26 and 30 also permit an opening 34 to be formed which communicates with the cavity 32.
  • a base portion 36 of the housing portion 28 also includes an opening 38 formed therein generally in alignment with the opening 34.
  • the camming member 40 within the cavity 32 is disposed a camming member 40.
  • the camming member is also shown in Figure 5.
  • the camming member generally comprises a square-shaped solid block of plastic having a threaded bore 42 extending therethrough.
  • the bore 42 extends at an angle relative to a bottom wall 44 of the camming member such that the bore is non-parallel or divergent from the bottom wall 44.
  • the camming member 40 may be injection molded from a suitably high strength plastic or may be formed from other suitable materials such as powdered metal.
  • a locking member 46 extends into the cavity 32 through the opening 34 and through the opening 38 in the base portion 36 of the housing 26.
  • the locking member 46 is also illustrated in Figure 4 and is formed by a T-shaped member including a clamping portion 48 and a neck portion 50.
  • the clamping portion 48 includes curved end portions 52 which are adapted to engage with interior surface portions of ledges 54 of the slat 16 (visible in Figure 2).
  • the neck portion 50 includes an opening 56 formed therein which is of suitable dimensions to permit the camming member 40 to extend into the opening 56 during assembly of the apparatus 10.
  • the locking member 46 is preferably formed from a single piece of steel or other suitably strong material.
  • the bracket member 18 also includes an actuating member 58 comprising a manually graspable, dial-like member 60 and an elongated, threaded member 62 fixedly secured to member 60 and extending through an opening 65 in the housing portion 28.
  • the threaded member 62 is threadably engaged within the threaded bore 42 of the camming member 40 during assembly and also preferably extends through an opening 64 in the inner housing portion 30.
  • the threaded member 60 is secured to the housing 26 by a snap ring 66 or any other suitable means for preventing the actuating member 58 from being accidentally pulled outwardly of the housing 26.
  • the bottom wall 44 of the camming member 40 rests against a floor 68 of the cavity 32 or closely adjacent thereto.
  • the clamping portion 48 resides within a channel 70 of the slat 16 and is not in contact with the interior surface portions of the channel 70 so that the bracket member 18 can be moved freely slidably along the slat 16.
  • the clamping member 46 is moved into the locked position shown in Figure 3 by manually grasping the dial-like member 60 and rotating same. This causes the camming member 40 to be displaced or moved vertically as well as horizontally within the cavity 32.
  • the camming member 40 moves upwardly and to the left when the dial-like member 60 is rotated in a first or locking direction. The upward movement of the camming member 40 lifts the locking member 46 such that the clamping portion 48 engages the ledges 54 of the slat 16.
  • Rotating the dial-like member 60 in a second or opposite rotational direction to the first direction causes the camming member 40 to be moved downwardly into the unlocked position shown in Figure 2.
  • the bracket member 18 can quickly and easily be placed in locked and unlocked positions. Since the camming member 40 and the threaded shaft 62 are disposed within the housing 26 they are not subject to ice, rain, etc. which could, over time, affect their operation.
  • assembly of the bracket member 18 is accomplished by first inserting the neck portion 50 of the locking member 46 through the opening 38 in the base portion 36 of the main housing 28. Next, the threaded shaft 62 of the actuating member 58 is inserted through the opening 65 and through the opening 56 in the locking member 46. The threaded shaft 62 is then threadably advanced through the camming member 40 until the camming member 40 is in the position shown in Figure 2 and extends through the opening 56 and through opening 64 in the inner housing portion 30. At this point the inner housing portion 30 is secured to the threaded member 62 via the snap ring 66 or by other means.
  • the bracket members 18 of the apparatus 10 thus include a limited number of component parts and can be placed in locked and unlocked positions quickly and easily with a minimal degree of manual effort by an operator.
  • the major component parts are primarily disposed within the housing 26 of the bracket member 18 and are therefore not subjected to ice, rain, snow and other elements which could impede their operation over time.

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EP98308855A 1997-10-29 1998-10-29 Porte-bagages pour véhicules Withdrawn EP0913297A3 (fr)

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US08/960,026 US5913465A (en) 1997-10-29 1997-10-29 Vehicle article carrier

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